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Young basketballer wins state award

Najvada George is celebrating another slam dunk ... a Victorian School Sports Award. The 17-year-old Hoppers Crossing basketballer has been selected for the Vic Metro...

Clinic aims to close the health gap

Staff at the Werribee and Hoppers Crossing healthcare group MyClinic are campaigning to bridge the gap in health services that leads to poor health...

Pacific Werribee powers ahead

Pacific Werribee’s $400 million redevelopment is paying off, with the shopping centre reporting a 15 per cent growth in sales over the past 12 months. Figures...

Bravehearts’ seven-marathon effort

As a child, Tammy Robinson was sexually assaulted. “What he did to me caused me acute anxiety, chronic depression and financial loss,” she said. “I’ve...

Top End gem wins Wyndham Art Prize

An artist from Western Australia’s Top End has won this year’s Wyndham Art Prize. Katjarra Butler wowed Deakin University judge Brian Martin with her painting,...

Riverbend Park carve-up opposition grows

Werribee residents are raising funds and bankrolling their own legal team to fight a 49-block subdivision at Riverbend Historical Park. Residents have so far pledged...

Theft and violence fuel Wyndham crime rise

A spike in burglaries, thefts and family violence has fuelled a 9.7 per cent jump in crime across Wyndham. New data released by the Crime...

Wyndham’s killer parents shock

The number of Wyndham children being killed by their parents is 'disproportionately high' and could be reduced if more health and welfare services were...

Fire sidelines rugby league club

A fire that tore through the clubrooms at Haines Drive Reserve last week has left the rugby league club with no place to train...

Police seek Wyndham Vale armed robber

A shopkeeper at a Wyndham Vale discount store was threatened with a knife by an offender who demanded cash last month. Police have been told...

Wyndham chips in for Good Friday appeal

Wyndham volunteers will be tin-rattling and selling coffees this week to raise money for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. More than 100 firefighters...

Manor Lakes closes in on suburb status

Manor Lakes is one step closer to becoming a suburb in its own right. Wyndham council advocacy director Bill Forrest confirmed that the name Manor...

The great Werribee Zoo tortoise riddle

As far as crimes go, this one could prove to be a slow-moving investigation. The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is looking...

Man arrested over fires along Werribee River

A man has been arrested and is being questioned over a spate of grass fires along the Werribee River on the weekend. Eighteen fires were...

PICTURES: Wyndham welcomes Weerama

The Weerama festival returned to Wyndham over the weekend in a three-day extravaganza, with thousands flocking to one of the three events held across...

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Taking on melanoma

Everyone is invited to Featherbrook Reserve on Sunday, March 30, to join in the battle against melanoma and make sure people understand the importance...

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